NORTH CANTERBURY

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21412, 2 March 1935, Page 4

NORTH CANTERBURY

RANGIORA poROI'fJH WATER SUPPLY l'li water supply well lias :or 101 inches since Tucsi.; depth of water in the nds at C feet 9 inches. The r H. H. Matthews) stated i.-il basing his calculations us he expected the water to rise in the well for days. The rate of rise text few days would probas rapid as it had been last week. The prospect shortage in the borough iieviatcd for the present Vital Statistics i c was a substantial increase in s a;:d deaths in the Rangiora dis- !:] t month when compared with i;-_urcs for the same month last "There were no notices of martied either last month or •• Fobruarv. 1934. The figures ,'.'! month are as follows, those for i-;,.v f.f last year being given in ■ tbr«i<--Births 13 <8), deaths 4 marriages 0 (0). Drunkenness ■ i -wi m High street the previous in:- Hi nry Doyle, a middle-aged residing at Rangiora, appeared ■„ W. A. Rowse and C. I. i]L,'s J's.P.. at the Magistrate's t v.i'vierday morning on a charge ■u'r.kenness. Sergeant P. Cassidy that accused had been before the on previous occasions for the u f r<Micc and was a nuisance •■ under the influence of liquor. -iud that a prohibition order be i out against the accused. Doyle ronvieted and discharged and ■M-ri<T was made against him to ppnative in the Hurunui and poi electorates.

Vncmployment figures *;•:«> number of men on the Unemrlovmont Board's relief schemes in ;■•'<•" Hansiorn district next week is the n:; for this week. There will b< 95 men on the Ashley river protection uorks and 68 on the No. 5 jcheme. Four men will be engaged en lire blight inspection. Tennis Th" final of the junior women's Hoi.'bl"i championship of the United Tennis Club has been played and refund in a wm for Misses P. Benjes nnd J. Cook, who beat Misses 1,. Domett and E. Bristow 6-5, 6-2. In The'serr.i-finals of the senior combined Hfirblf-i championship H. Lamb and y.iss M Henderson beat T. H. Blain Mrs D. Holm 6-4. 6-5, and J. A. F. Watson and Miss T. Edlin beat J. Williamson and Mrs F. Reynolds 6-2, Kangiora Pictures \ double feature British programme will be presented at the Rangiora Town Hall this afternoon and to-night and again on Monday. Jack Hulbert -viil be seen in a riotous nautical .-omedv 'Jack Ahoy!" and the popular B<>be Daniels heads the cast in The <i>n" You Gave Me." a musical romance with a universal appeal. Ashley River Trust The commissioners of the Ashley E'ver Trust met last evening, Mr C. S -\yers presiding. The financial statement showed a credit balance ol £l4l lis 7d. Messrs J. Johnson and J. Boyce waited on the trust about the overflow of Stoney creek at Sefton. It wan decided to inspect the cree*. on Tuesday next. It was decided to request users ol Topp's creek to clean the watercourse immediately. It was resolved to carry out an inspection of Saltwater creek in the near future. Instruction wf.s received from the Kowai Rabbit Destruction Association to destroy rabbits on river trust lands in the Kowai district. Tr.r> application of the Public Works Department for the use of the River Trust's pile-driver was granted.

OXFORD Mr L. Watson (Oxford), who has been attending the Methodist Conference at Dunedin, returned to Christchurch by the express yesterday. SWANNANOA ~,.. .nonthly meeting of the Anglican Ladies' Guild was held at the home of Mrs Harry Winter, The bazaar was discussed, but it was decided to leave further plans until a fuller meeting. ' An energetic committee of Swannaii>a residents met on Tuesday and painted the Swannanoa Hall. MARSHLAND The monthly meeting of the Marshland Plunket Committee was held in the 1 hall, the following being present: -Mesdamcs Delamain (president), 3-invd. palmer, Stackwood, Hall, Blank. F:attley, Erickson, E. Treleaven, and Marks <secretary). An invitation from the committee of the Papanui Plunket Society to attend a Plunket party ai the" residence of Mr and Mrs R. E. Mi-Donwill. m Papanui road, on Thursday next, was accepted with thanks. The- committee has undertaken the catering at the Marshland sports on Saturday, March 9. and arrangements f.,;- <his were completed. Donations -.-.1-re received from Mesdames Stack•veod. Palmer. Boyd, Blank, Hall. J''rat; ley, and E. Treleaven. HORORATA Hue was a very large attendance he monthly meeting of the Horobranch of the Plunket Society, ;h was held in the parish room on rsday. and over which Mrs K. presided. A letter was received ! the president (Mrs Acland), tenng her resignation from office. The 'nation was accepted with many v.ssioiu, of regret. The secretary instructed to convey to Mrs Ac'iie members' sincere thanks and ■'•'.latioi) for the interest and help had always taken in the local !■ h. A letter of appreciation is <• sent to Mr and Mrs Ingram for help they have given to the so- .• while residents of the district. ib-rs were reminded of the jumßle to be held in Christchurch in i!. The annual general meeting be held this month. r and .Mrs Odell. who have been \-. of Mr W. Belts, Hororata, have : i cd to Riccarton.

DARFIELD Mr W. J. Glanville, who has held the position of headmaster at the Darf>eld Public School for the last 10 years, and whose resignation took effect on Thursday, was yesterday afternoon presented with an electric reading lamp by the pupils of the school. Miss Alice Churchward, one of the senior pupils, in handing over the gift, expressed the gratitude of the pupils and the hope that he would have many pleasant and happy years of retirement. Three hearty cheers were given for the guest of honour. Mr Glanville, in accepting the gift. thanked the pupils for the kind thoughts that had prompted the presentation and gave a brief resume of his service since he commenced work as a pupil teacher covering a period of 51 years, during which time he had had only four days' sick leave. SEDGEMERE There was a good attendance at the Sedgemere Hall on Thurday evening, when the annual harvest home social, arranged by the hall committee, was held. All present spent a very enjoyable evening. Dance music was played by Mr Fred Smith's orchestra and Mr H. Wear played an extra. The master of ceremonies was Mr C. Marsh. Prizes for a Monte Carlo waltz went to Miss Betty Breach and Mr Frank Kimber. After supper the chairman of the hall committee, Mr J. T. Parkin, thanked those who had helped to make the function successful, and expressed appreciation of the support accorded by the residents to the committee in its endeavours to maintain the hall property in good order and to effect improvements from time to time. At cards the most successful players were Mrs A. J. Inwood and Mr W. Hopa, the runners-up being Mrs G. Marsh and Mr N. Brown.

Among the ladies present were Mesdames J, T. Parkin, C. H. Morton, A. J. Inwood, J. Adams, A. C. Greenwood, Livingstone Chambers, G. M. Doyle, M. Home, T. G. Brown R. Winchester, G. Ridden, H. Stace, A. E. Amyes, W. Ludemann, ) A. Brown, G. Marsh, A. Thian, R. Eddy, and Henderson, Misses R. Stace, J. Hannaford, E. Greenwood, F. Greenwood, G. Stent, Leila Alexander, Margaret Gulliver, Elsie Patterson, H. Stent, C. Greenwood, Victoria Gulliver, Maisie Amyes, Vera McClintock (Cheviot), Winifred Roxburgh (Auckland), J. Martin, R. Russell, Beatrice Patterson, Mary Teihoka, Madge Russell (Dunedin), Violet Stretz, Lena Teihoka, Susan Brooks, Rosie McLaughlin. Jean Watson, Ada Free, Isabel Gome (Christchurch). Millie Kaill. Jean McLaughlin, Hazel Maw, Wyn Carroll, Ella Alexander, Winnie Home, Dorothea Hill, Morton, Myrtle Home, Noli Stace, Mary Whisker, Betty Breach. Flora Brears, Noreen Sloan, Elsie Giddens Dorothea Sloan, Mollie Gordon, and Patricia Dearing. HORNBY The fortnightly meeting of the Olive Branch Lodge of Druids was held in ilie Parish Hall A.D. Brother L. B. Freeman presiding over a good attendance of members. Correspondence was received from the No. 1 Royal Arch Chapter advising of the quarterly meeting. The Druids reported on the sick members and sick pay was passed for payment. The evening was spent in discussing the Grand Lodge order paper. The A.D. reported attending the social evening at Kaiapoi Lodge and the Oak of Sydenham Lodge. P.D.P. Bro. A. Taylor reported on the church parade held at Timaru,